Class Rank Question

Applying to College
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<p>How significant rank in the school during College Admissions selection? If it plays important role, then many schools will not report class ranks, so </p>

<p>1) How colleges know a particular student's rank (or percentage) from the school that does not report ?
2) Will reporting his/her rank in percentage (as they can not guess exactly the rank) in common app is good idea? if so which place is the best to report. </p>

<p>My D. is in top 1 % (counselor said but school does not rank students). Please share your thoughts and help her. Thank you. </p>

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<p>1- Even if the HS doesn’t rank they will provide a HS profile which will give deciles or something similar to generally tell where you land in the class.
2- Yes, it’s a good idea to self report as much as possible.</p>

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<p>It depends on the college as to how important class rank is. See section C7 of the school’s common data set, or the admissions tab for the <a href=“http://www.collegedata.com”>http://www.collegedata.com</a> entry for the school.</p>

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<p>Very useful information, Thank you @Erin’s Dad and @ ucbalumnus</p>